Mali vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Fertility rate, total
Fertility rate, total over time
- Mali
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
How they compare
Mali currently reports 5.51 births per woman against 4.26 births per woman in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 1.25 births per woman.
That makes Mali's figure about 1.3 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.
Across all 65 years both countries report, Mali has been ahead every year.
Mali ranks 6th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 5th of 218 countries.
Mali has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mali | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.09 births per woman | 6.65 births per woman | 0.4382 births per woman | Mali |
| 1970s | 7.25 births per woman | 6.79 births per woman | 0.4679 births per woman | Mali |
| 1980s | 7.31 births per woman | 6.6 births per woman | 0.7126 births per woman | Mali |
| 1990s | 7.1 births per woman | 6.03 births per woman | 1.07 births per woman | Mali |
| 2000s | 6.73 births per woman | 5.57 births per woman | 1.16 births per woman | Mali |
| 2010s | 6.35 births per woman | 4.98 births per woman | 1.38 births per woman | Mali |
| 2020s | 5.69 births per woman | 4.4 births per woman | 1.29 births per woman | Mali |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Mali or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Mali, at 5.51 births per woman against 4.26 births per woman in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Mali and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 1.25 births per woman, with Mali ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Mali and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Mali ranks 6th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 5th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.